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SM U-51 24th February 1916   SM U-51 Type U 51 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 233) Ordered 23 Aug 1914 Laid down 19 Dec 1914 Launched 25 Nov 1915 Commissioned 24 Feb 1916 Commanders. 19 Feb 1916 - 14 Jul 1916 Walter Rumpel Career 1 patrol. start date unknown - 25 May 1916 I Flotilla. 25 May 1916 - 14 Jul 1916 II Flotilla Successes No successes. Fate 14 Jul 1916 - Torpedoed by HM Sub H5 while leaving Ems estuary. 34 dead and 4 survivors. The wreck of U 51 was raised and broken up in 1968. There was another U 51 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 11 Jun 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 6 Aug 1938. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about SM U-51? There are:0 items tagged SM U-51 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served on SM U-51 during the Great War 1914-1918.